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Looking for a cloth of dark green with a windowpane, burgundy check of perhaps 2 3/4 by 2 1/4 inches of say 13 ounces or less for a sports coat. I actually have one such coat made of similar pattern and very heavy Isle of Islay Tweed, perhaps 20 ounces, that I really like and wear all the time in winter. Would like to commission another for mid-year and/or summer. Anyone know of such cloth?

http://www.harrisonsofedinburgh.com/col ... html?cs=ph

Might the Porter& Harding Glenroyal come close to that pattern? Or 7631 in Worsted Alsport?


https://shop.hfwltd.com/collection/30

Concordia's finds seem to be right on the money both in pattern and in weight.
May I add the 14 oz Teviotex from Lovat mill?

If you don't mind a lot more weight, the new Hunters of Brora shop's tweed is quite similar to that.

If you don't mind a lot more weight, the new Hunters of Brora shop's tweed is quite similar to that.

The new "Brora" tweed is made by Johnston's of Elgin. Johnston's tweeds are fine but they are not Brora tweeds, and real Broras would be tough to make these days anyway. If you want to see what a real Brora tweed looks and feels like, subscribe to the Slewfoot tweed being proposed in the Winter 2014 offerings. It was made to a spec as close as possible to the original Brora tweed using a design similar to one in the old Carrol book.

Cheers

rodes wrote:Looking for a cloth of dark green with a windowpane, burgundy check of perhaps 2 3/4 by 2 1/4 inches of say 13 ounces or less for a sports coat. I actually have one such coat made of similar pattern and very heavy Isle of Islay Tweed, perhaps 20 ounces, that I really like and wear all the time in winter. Would like to commission another for mid-year and/or summer. Anyone know of such cloth?

Yes, you can get the same tweed in the weight you want from Islay

http://wwv.islaywoollenmill.co.uk/shop/tweeds/c-range/

Fox flannel Exmoor windowpane limited edition, 14/15 oz:

http://www.themerchantfox.co.uk/prod/55 ... ed-edition

Fox Brothers added the Exmoor windowpane to their Limited Edition book a couple of months ago. A very appealing woollen flannel in a rich green with a sky blue windowpane, it's one that I'll surely buy as soon as the Winter/Spring 2015 LL CC subscriptions have been sorted out and I know the extent of my shopping list.

raykalendek wrote:Fox Brothers added the Exmoor windowpane to their Limited Edition book

It looks like an excellent cloth but, given the subject of this thread, I have to warn against trying to substitute it for tweed. Although green and at similar weight and probably warmth, wearing woolen flannel in thornproof country would be a suicide.

Hectorm, point well made. I've been similarly admonished before for a lack of appropriate discrimination.

OxfordDon,
What I now have is H range, pattern H11. I do not believe that I can get this pattern in a C range. If so, please inform for that pattern would be ideal. Thank you all gentleman for your suggestions.

Dear Rodes, in case you´re not settled on your selection.
I just browsed through Dugdale´s Saxony book. It has at least 2 handsome dark green cloths with burgundy-purple-orange windowpanes. 15 oz dense and soft tweed in merino wool. I think you may really like it.